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On Saturday, June 26th, 2021 at 1:13 PM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net>
wrote:
> On 06/26/2021 02:49 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
>
> > After spending some time researching your question, I have determined that
> > the answer is 42.
>
> That one is even older than Methuselah.
Regardless of it's age it conveys a point that is very relevant to your
"question".
A technologically advanced society built a supercomputer to answer the ultimate
question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. A question so broad in scope
that even the most power AI ever built needed to spend millions of years
processing all variables.
In the end, it determined that "42" was the answer to the question the people
asked. There was just one small problem....
"Life, The Universe, and Everything" is not a question. It's not even a well
formed sentence. It's just 3 abstract concepts placed next to each other with
no purpose or direction. The Ultimate Answer made no sense because the Ultimate
Question didn't make any sense.
With that in mind I go back to your original "question" in this email thread...
You have expressed an interest in making sure that your questions are responded
to with functional and/or useful answers and yet I can't seem to find a
meaningful question anywhere in your email. How will you understand my answer
if you never understood the question?
-Ben
>
> > -Ben
> >
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> >
> > On Saturday, June 26th, 2021 at 9:04 AM, Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Get the idea I've been around a while.
> > >
> > > The essays on "How to ask a question" focus on "defining the question".
> > >
> > > I'm more interested in triggering functional/useful responses.
> > >
> > > Suggestions &/or comments?
> > >
> > > TIA
